Coccidia (Eimeria and Isospora)
of Miscellenous Rodent Families

Compiled by
Donald W. Duszynski and Lee CouchDepartment of Biology, University of New Mexico
and
Steve J. UptonDivision of Biology, Kansas State University

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Remarks: De Vos (1970) was able to establish successful infections in Arvicanthis
niloticus (Nile rat - Muridae), Mastomys natalensis (syn. Praomys natalensis)
(Multimammate rat - Muridae), Mus musculus (House mouse - Muridae), Mystromys
albicaudatus (White-tailed rat - Muridae), Otomys irroratus (Vlei rat - Muridae),
Rattus norvegicus (Norwegian rat - Muridae), and Rhabdomys pumilio (Striped
mouse - Muridae). Couch et al. (2001) found what appeared to be oocysts of E. chinchillae in a sympatric host, the plains vizcacha (L. maximus) from Argentina. But because it was a different host that they examined and because the host was from a different continent, they declined to say that it was E. chinchillae or name it as a new species. They have called it E. c.f. chinchillae until further molecular studies can be done to determine if the oocysts they found were indeed E. chinchillae oocysts.

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